On 9/11/07, Ed Kasky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not being as adept at building rpm's as I could be if I had the time > to learn it, is there any supporting documentation anywhere that > describes how to go about converting from an rpm install to > installing from src? > > Or is it easier/preferred/better to stick with the rpm's and build > them from the src?
I strongly prefer using RPMs on an RPM-based system; I think that there are a lot of advantages to letting the package manager know about all of the software installed on my systems. For example, it lets you easily switch back and forth between a version that you build yourself and one that's provided by the vendor, and it lets you more easily install and upgrade software across multiple computers. Building RPMs yourself in this case is quite easy: Set up your RPM build environment. Instructions are available online from several places; http://www.city-fan.org/tips/CreateRPMBuildEnvironment appears to be a good set of instructions. Next, download the SRPM (.src.rpm file) from the Samba site (http://www.samba.org/samba/ftp/Binary_Packages/Fedora/SRPMS/). Although the directory is labeled Fedora, it works quite well for RHEL and CentOS too. Finally, run "rpmbuild --rebuild samba.src.rpm". The resulting RPMs will be placed in ~/rpmbuild/RPMS. Another poster mentioned sernet's RPMs. I personally prefer to use the ones from Samba's web site for Fedora / RHEL / CentOS, since their packaging more closely matches RHEL's, but your mileage may vary. Josh Kelley -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba